Donald M. MacKinnon has been one of the most
important and influential of the post-World War British theologians,
significantly impacting the development and subsequent work of the likes
of Rowan Williams, Nicholas Lash and John Milbank, among many other
notable theologians. A younger generation largely emerging from
Cambridge, but with influence elsewhere, has more recently brought
MacKinnons eclectic and occasionalist work to a larger audience
worldwide. In this collection, MacKinnons central writings on the major
themes of ecclesiology, and especially the relationship of the church to
theology, are gathered in one source. The volume will feature several
of MacKinnons important early texts. These will include two short books
published in the Signposts series during World War II, and a collection
of later essays entitled The Stripping of the Altars.